World Timbers: Europe and AfricaB. J. Rendle |
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African mahogany Agba Antiaris appearance average density beech bending properties boxwood Britain brittleheart Cameroon colour Congo cutting angle decorative veneer diameter dimensional movement distortion Distribution and supplies Durability and preservative ebony exported figured wood finishing properties Flat-cut Reproduced actual flat-sawn flooring FPRL fungal fungal attack furniture Gaboon Ghana glued satisfactorily Guarea Guibourtia hand and machine hardwood heartwood HMSO Ilomba insect attack interior joinery interlocked grain iroko irregular grain Ivory Coast joinery mainly Mansonia movement in service nails Nigeria obeche pinhole borer planing plywood poplar preservative treatment Pterygota Quarter-cut Reproduced actual reddish-brown redwood Reproduced two-thirds actual resistant to decay Rhodesian teak sapele sapwood sawn timber seasoned condition Seasoning and movement softwood species of interest splitting square-edged stain steam bending straight grained Strength and bending strength properties suitable surface teak Technical properties tendency termites texture timber trade name turnery walnut weight West Africa widely distributed wood